SoS: October 1st, 2012 - October 7th, 2012

Sunday:
soak brush/Shavemac custom 167,2 band,do1,fan/DB Brush Scuttle
hot shower
Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
RazoRock Cacao SS
OCMM/Pella Coated (3)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
warm water rinse
Thayer's Medicated Superhazel
Tres Flores nice burn followed a few minutes later with TSD Sensitive Aftershave Milk

Another great shave from the OCMM.This was my first time with Pinaud Tres Flores splash,nice burn,definately opened my eyes.

 

I use the Palmolive stick as a stick. All I do is rub it on my face and neck for about 30-35 seconds, then I wet my brush and I get wonderful lather. I also find it gives nice skincare.

 

Sunday morning, October 7, 2012

Schick E2 Injector razor w/ Schick blade (7)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

5/8 Crown & Sword
Acca Kappa SC
Homemade 28mm 2 band
Shave Den Sandalwood AS Balm

This is the last of the 4 ebay razors I picked up a couple of weeks ago. All are in rotation now. I attempted to make my own dapping block and punch for the washers. It didn't come out exactly right but close enough, slightly cone shaped. Finished the scales and pinned it yesterday, the darn washers are small, I felt like I was all thumbs. The razor shaved superbly, great edge on it. This is the first time I've used Acca Kappa, even though I didn't hit the lather quite right I still had a great shave. The combo of Acca Kappa and JoAnne's After Shave Balm or milk left my skin feeling excellent post shave. Have a good one.

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Shave of the Day (SOTD) Sunday October 7, 2012

Prep: Brush soaking in cold water, face wash with Noxzema Triple Clean, tepid shower
Razor: 1930's Gillette Short Comb NEW mounted to iKon Bulldog Handle
Blade: Personna Med Prep
Brush: Semogue 620 Boar
Soap: Fine English Tallow Shaving Soap
AS: British Sterling
Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash Of Aftershave

You can never go wrong with a Short Comb NEW, mild enough to not shred your face apart, yet aggressive enough to get the job done with little effort.

I wish I knew who manufactured this soap. It was PIF'd to me wrapped in wax paper with a label that just read "Fine English Tallow Shaving Soap". It is in same league as Tabac and MWF, just an outstanding product. I had to slice it up to put into my mango wood bowl but it ended up being the perfect amount.

Like most other who have used the Semogue 620 Boar I just love it. If someone was to ask me for a great brush first brush this would be it, as it perfect for both face and bowl lathering.

British Sterling is always a favorite as you can tell by the amount left in the bottle, I just love it.

 

SOTD Sunday 10-7-2012

Merkur 33C Classic w/Crystal
Proraso PSC
VDH Deluxe SS
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Jovan Musk ASL/Cologne

 

Im sorry everybody my postings have been hit and miss. This new work schedule has me all screwed up. Ok so saturday morning shave was Gillette ss proraso green soap and a cold water rinse day 5 for the 7 o'clock green.
Today's shave ( Sunday Oct 7) was a treat! MWF hot water face lathered 3 passes and a cold water rinse topped off with a splash of old spice original. Smellin good for the wife today. Its our 12 year wedding anniversary. Bummed I had to work and now I'm off to bed. We celebrated it last weekend but still...I had to work on our anniversary!
Everyone have a beautiful fall Sunday.

 

Congrats on your 12th anniversary!

 

That razor is gorgeous!

 

Congrats, mate! And many more to come!

 

1966 Gilette slim adjustable set on 6
Voskhod blade
Col Conk bayrum soap
Rooney badger brush
Murray & Lanman florida water

 

7-10-2012

Pre shave tobs herbal gel
Shave cream tobs Eton college
Post tobs shave shop gel
Razor and brush T&H
Gillete 7 o'clock yellow

Terrible shave, girlfriend kept alibi me to orde the take away, sk the lather on m gave got dry an just went down hill from there
Hope use all had good weekend

 

Sunday - 07.10.2012

Facewash: TBS Maca Root
Razor: EJ DE89
Blade: Gillette 77 o'Clock - Yellow
Brush: Omega Boar and Turkish Horse from Bestshave.Net
Soap: Joshua Tree Soapworks & Vitos Super Crema
AS Lotion: Prorasos Green
AS balm: D.R. Harris Aftershave Milk

Had a surprisingly good shave using an olive oil based soap from a vendor on Ebay.
Lather was rotten, no creamy lather just foam. But it worked marvellously

I got a very thin almost invisible coating, but it was slick and effective.
Had to compare it to Vitos and divided my face into two zones and made battle.

Vitos lost 3-0

I have a very decent DFS with some areas being BBS.

 

Sunday

 

Sunday
Brush: Semogue Owners Club, Boar
Soap/Creme: Cyril R Salter Shaving Soap
Razor Merkur Futur
Blade Astra SS
Pre: Drednought Oil
Post Irisch Moos ASB

 

Congrats and Happy Anniversary!

 

I have not had this soap before but I did soaps from a different artisan maker (Fitjar I think it was) with Fern scent in it and same here, my face started burning as well. I think in my case it was the Fern essential oil which caused the reaction. Since then I have found that my skin does not like and reacts unhappily (mostly with a burning sensation) to certain essential oils.

 

Oh wow it sucks doesn't it? I hope my skin isn't allergic because it smells amazing. Luckily as soon as I splashed some cold water on and put witch hazel and my aftershave on, it went away. Maybe it's just the initial shock factor or something like that.

 

It's been a good week of shaves, hasn't it!

 

Oct 7
Face Wash: Shower
Pre-Shave Lather: Dalan D'Men Sensitive
Pre-Shave Oil: T&H Ultimate Comfort Shave Oil
Shave Lather: Tet-A-Tet SC
Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable (J1), set on 6
Blade: Personna Super (2)
Brush: Semogue 1305
Post: Witch Hazel/Rum/Aloe/Glycern mixture followed by Kistna TSB

Another BBS with my new slim. I turned it up to 6 (from 3) and could feel the difference. Definitely more aggressive, and a bit more effective. Tomorrow we'll try 9.